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World Effects is new to Facebook Messenger. Imitating Snapchat, World Effects allows us to introduce 3D objects in augmented reality within our videos This means going up a step compared to the already current filters, which adapt to our face and follow our movements.
With World Effects, we can choose the plane where we want the object to remain within our frame, and when we move around the room, the object will remain there, giving the feeling that you are really part of the scene.
Expanding the collection
For now, the only two items available are a pixelated heart or a sign with the word "love" imitating a neon tube . When we choose them, we have the possibility to focus further or closer, or change the angle, and the object will adapt.
In the same way, if we move from the place where we have placed the object, it will disappear from the plane. We have to focus on the same point again to be able to see it again. It's pure Augmented Reality in our Facebook Messenger videos.
How to activate it
We don't have to do anything special to be able to use World Effects, just open the Facebook Messenger app and press the camera button . In doing so, we will find the filters that we already knew, and among them, these World Effects.
If we don't know what these World Effects are beforehand, it's impossible to differentiate them from the rest of the filters and masks In fact, the heart and the "Love" sign are not even together in the selection, which only makes the selection less intuitive.
Once we find the object we want to use, we have toe choose its size and its position in the video and start recording When Once we have finished recording, we can, as with the rest of the filters, add text, emoticons or draw pictures with our finger. We can also trim the video and decide if we want the audio to remain or not.
Finally, we will have the possibility to save the video to our camera roll or send it to our contacts You can also use World Effects on photos , but of course, the effect of Augmented Reality will no longer make sense.It will look like a 3D object, nothing more. Here you have a test made by us:
https://www.tuexpertoapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/World-Effect.mp4Stability issues
Our test, with an iPhone 6, has not been particularly pleasant. At various times we suffered system crashes, having to restart the app again. It also gave us problems saving the video, as well as sharing it, having to press several times to get it done.
We imagine that this is because the system is in the process of being implemented On the other hand, it is normal for telephones that do not have support for Augmented Reality have difficulties to reproduce this type of technology fluently. We hope, in any case, that performance will improve over time.
Augmented reality is the new trend
The appearance of iPhone Animojis has aroused public interest in Augmented Reality, and now it is increasingly in demand. It is therefore logical that Facebook wanted to follow Snapchat's footsteps and keep up with the demands.
Sharing personalized videos has become a daily habit on all social networks. And as with everything on the Internet, trends go very fast. The filters still work, but they don't surprise anyone anymore, so we need to go one step further. Get ready, because this 2018 we are going to find augmented reality even in the soup.
